John MacDonald

Social : None | End a program of study 1933 (Graduated from Utica Free Academy) | Relationship : None | Marriage 1938 (Dorothy Prentiss) | Social : None | End a program of study January 1938 (B.S. degree from Syracuse Univ.) | Social : None | End a program of study June 1939 (Masters Degree from Harvard, Business) | Social : None | Joined group June 1940 (U.S. Army reserves) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released July 1946 (First short story published) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1950 (First book published) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1964 (Introduced McGee character into his books) | Work : None | Prize 1972 (Edwar Grand Master award) | Social : None | Institutionalized - prison, hospital September 1986 (Hospitalized) | : None | Other Death 28 December 1986 in Milwaukee (Complications from heart surgery, age 70) | Traits : Mind | Education extensive (Masters Degree, Harvard) | Diagnoses : Major Diseases | Other Major diseases (Scarlet fever, nearly fatal) | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Heart (By-pass surgery, terminal) | Family : Relationship | Marriage more than 15 Yrs (48 years with Dorothy) | Vocation : Military | Combat (China-Burma-India theater) | Vocation : Military | Military service (WW II, five years) | Vocation : Writers | Detective/ Mystery (77 books) | Vocation : Writers | Fiction (77 books, 500 short stories) | Notable : Awards | Vocational award (Edgar Grand Master award, others) | Notable : Awards | Vocational award (Writing awards) | Notable : Famous | Top 5% of Profession